My insane life and times filled with teen drama, marital comedy and realizing that 600 miles away from my insane family still isn't far enough!

Friday, February 5, 2010

Chick Flick Friday! - "Sixteen Candles"

Okay, I know, I know this is SO a teen movie but if you grew up in the 80's, this is a classic and still fun to watch today. Take a trip down memory lane for this edition of Chick Flick Friday!

Molly Ringwald, the queen of all 80's teen movies, stars as Samantha - a girl who's 16th birthday happens to fall on the same weekend as her sister's wedding and everyone forgets it. The movie follows her as she goes through a hellish day where her parents, grandparents and siblings forget the day, her dealings at school where she is pining after the cutest guy in school and then on to the school dance where the school geek hits on her.

I don't think there's a point in this movie that's NOT funny - from her grandmother feeling her boobs, to the foreign exchange student who arrives with the other set of grandparents (Long-Duk-Dong), to Anthony Michael Hall as the geek who has way more confidence than he should.

I could quote lines to this one all day long but for those of you gals out there that remember this, I think we can all look back and remember being in love with Jake Ryan. So pop this movie back in and relive high school one more time for the thrill of seeing the girl get her guy!*Today's Examiner.com article is on The Leadership Institute. You can read about it HERE. Thanks!*

A Few of my Favorite Things - TV Edition

Me and Grandma

Me and Mom

Me, Mom and Karen

Me and Grandpa

Me and Nana

Cinderella's Castle

The Grand Floridian

Sunrise at Disney

The Castle

Sunrise from the Boardwalk Inn

Me & Grandma

In Loving Memory...

Ida Maddox: August 9, 1923 - January 14, 2009

Your gentle face and patient smile with sadness we recall, you had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all. The voice is mute and stilled the heart that loved us well and true, ah, bitter was the trail to depart from one so good as you.

You are not forgotten loved one nor will you ever be as long as life and memory last we will remember thee. We miss you now. Our hearts are sore. As time goes by we miss you more, your loving smile, your gentle face. no one can fill your vacant place.

Grandma & Nick

Priorities

PRIORITIES

"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove.... but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child."

In Loving Memory: Collette Minutello

Gone Too Soon

Great Grandma & Her Boys

Beauty, the Beast, & Me

About Me

I am a 40 year old mother of two who is still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up! I am a wanna-be author, a homeschool mom, wife, and all around mom-on-the-go who does her best to avoid her crazy, extended family!